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hooker-on

hooker-on noun: a hanger-on, or onsetter.

Noun

hooker-on (plural hookers-on)

  1. (historical) A hanger-on, or onsetter.

Forms of hooker-on

pluralhookers-on

Questions about hooker-on

What does hooker-on mean?
Hooker-on means a hanger-on, or onsetter.
What part of speech is hooker-on?
Hooker-on is a noun.
What is the plural of hooker-on?
The plural of hooker-on is hookers-on.

Words near hooker-on in the dictionary

  1. Hooker's bog orchid
  2. Hooker's green
  3. Hooker's orchid
  4. Hooker's Townsend daisy
  5. hooker-in
  6. hooker-on
  7. hookeriaceous
  8. Hookerian
  9. hookerish
  10. hookers
  11. hookers-on

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